'Kanojo, Okarishimasu' Manga Gets TV Anime for Summer 2020

by Vindstot
Dec 15, 2019 7:58 AM | 53 Comments

DMM Pictures opened an official website for a television anime adaptation of Reiji Miyajima's Kanojo, Okarishimasu (I'd like to Borrow a Girlfriend) manga on Sunday. The anime series is scheduled for a July 2020 premiere.

Synopsis
Dumped by his girlfriend, emotionally shattered college student Kazuya Kinoshita attempts to appease the void in his heart through a rental girlfriend from a mobile app. At first, Chizuru Mizuhara seems to be the perfect girl with everything he could possibly ask for: great looks and a cute, caring personality.

Upon seeing mixed opinions on her profile after their first date, and still tormented by his previous relationship, Kazuya believes that Chizuru is just playing around with the hearts of men and leaves her a negative rating. Angry at her client's disrespect towards her, Chizuru reveals her true nature: sassy and temperamental, the complete opposite of Kazuya's first impression. At that very moment, Kazuya receives news of his grandmother's collapse and is forced to bring Chizuru along with him to the hospital.

Although it turns out to be nothing serious, his grandmother is ecstatic that Kazuya has finally found a serious girlfriend, which had always been her wish. Unable to tell her the truth, Kazuya and Chizuru are forced into a fake relationship—acting as if they are truly lovers. [Written by MAL Rewrite]

Cast
Chizuru Mizuhara: Sora Amamiya (Kono Subarashii Sekai ni Shukufuku wo!)
Mami Nanami: Aoi Yuuki (Boku no Kanojo ga Majimesugiru Sho-bitch na Ken)
Ruka Sarashina: Nao Touyama (Rakudai Kishi no Cavalry)
Sumi Sakurasawa: Rie Takahashi (Fate/Grand Order: First Order)
Kazuya Kinoshita: Shun Horie (Death March kara Hajimaru Isekai Kyousoukyoku)

Staff
Director: Kazuomi Koga (Just Because! episode director, Wotaku ni Koi wa Muzukashii: Youth)
Series Composition: Mitsutaka Hirota (Amaama to Inazuma, Persona 4 the Animation script)
Character Design: Kanna Hirayama (Gamers! assistant animation director, Shichisei no Subaru animation director)
Music: Hyadain (Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu theme song composition)
Studio: TMS Entertainment

Miyajima began drawing the romantic comedy series, also known by its short name KanoKari, in Weekly Shounen Magazine in July 2017. Kodansha will publish the 13th volume on Tuesday. KanoKari has a cumulative 2.4 million copies of its compiled volumes in circulation.

Kodansha Comics licensed the manga series in English under the title Rent-A-Girlfriend this July. The first volume is expected to be released in Summer 2020. The manga has also been published in multiple foreign languages, including Mandarin, Korean, and Thai.

Teaser PV

Official site: http://kanokari-official.com/
Official Twitter: @kanokari_anime
Manga official Twitter: @okarishimasu

Source: Comic Natalie

Kanojo, Okarishimasu on MAL

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I want to remain hopeful that TMS can improve on what the manga heavily had issues on and that is evidently the characters themselves and relatively slow pacing of the manga. For those who want a comparison on what the manga is like, just read the Nisekoi manga. That being said there are some pieces of Kanojo Okarishimasu that reminiscent to Nisekoi:

Its a harem anime (ofc).

The MC Kazuya is basically Raku, but not only dense, but self loathing as well. He doesn’t have a backbone, and never tries to stand up on his own beliefs. He also is very childish for his age (20 yrs old mind you). It took almost 100 chapters to show any noticeable amount of character development from him.

Ruka is Mari Tachibana, but the more obtrusive version. Both share the personality as that one girl who aggressively heads of heels over the MC. What differentiates her from Tachibana is that Tachibana acts more in a seductive sense, where as Ruka is more blunt, aggressive and often vocal about her, being with her love interest. To the point where that the relationship between is one sided (MC doesn’t show any interest in her).

Chizuru is comparable to Chitoge but the more mature version. Sure, both are questionably annoying, but Chizuru shows a more logical side. She doesn’t want to be in a (real) relationship with the MC because of the circumstances with her job, but slowly starts to get acquainted with Kazuya. She in one hand could be seen as heartless but on the other as emotionally stable. Chitoge is your normal tsundere, solving problems with the MC usually via fisticuffs. (Jk).

That being said, none of these characters above show much character development at all. Sure we get to see their backstories, but the characters felt non-dynamic, 100 chapters went by and it seems like you have only read about 20 chapters worth of story, and the only one that had any sort of character development happening was Sumi. Being the archetypal dandere she is and considering the amount of limited exposure she had in the manga, she was the one that changed the most. (Not enough info on Mami to make a conclusion).

At this point you might see this as much of rant, and in some sense it is, but as I iterated before, I am hopeful that TMS will iron out the story of the rancid manga. People might not even bother watching the anime when they have read the manga already, and expect it to be as bad as the manga. But remember this is an adaptation, not supposed to be an animated carbon copy of the manga. For example, Rosario Vampire manga was questionable, but the anime did not follow the manga route, and the adaption turned to be quite decent (IMO). Lucky Star adaptation, although followed the manga much more the RS, The manga was bad, until a bit of Kyoto Animation magic made it one hell of a show to watch. All in all, I believe TMS is a studio that will do well in its adaptation efforts of the manga.

Thanks for listening to my TEDtalk!

Jun 1, 2020 5:55 PM by RonsNo1Fan

The main casts are range 20s years olds (Naobou, Aoi, 10chan & Takarie)

May 28, 2020 2:24 AM by ronald_bastian

I'm sure this takes a lot of chapters.

Jan 30, 2020 3:18 AM by Nuenloi8

Since Sakurazawa Sumi's got a cast I'm guessing at least up to chapter 44, though I have absolutely no idea how they're going to finish up after that. Maybe, if they adapt a few more chapters, like up to 60. I'd reckon they'd need 24 episodes for that - if they try to squeeze the first 44 (or worse, the first 60) chapters into a 12 episode season then either the pacing is going to be heavily rushed or they're going to skip some stuff.

Jan 25, 2020 12:19 AM by HyruleanKnight

Does anyone know till what volume or chapter its gonna be?

Jan 15, 2020 3:10 PM by Reza1417

Does anyone know till what volume or chapter its gonna be?

Jan 15, 2020 3:10 PM by Reza1417

Does anyone know till what volume or chapter its gonna be?

Jan 15, 2020 3:09 PM by Reza1417

Damn, i never thought this manga has a chance to get adapted because i don't really think this manga is popular. I've stopped reading this manga for a while now because it's getting boring for me, but the studio, cast, and the PV looks interseting. Maybe i'll try watching the anime.

Jan 15, 2020 7:46 AM by Pitunov

hmm I hate the mc in this one but still gonna watch cuz I cant drop the manga
sana all na rerent lols

Dec 22, 2019 7:47 AM by Jhongil

why are these type of below mediocre endless drama harem bait stories with annoying characters so popular?

Dec 21, 2019 9:18 AM by BobRossTree

Can't go wrong with this cast.

Dec 19, 2019 6:25 AM by Rinji-

I've been starving for a good romance anime for quite some time now. And to think we're getting this on the same season as Oregairu S3? And also by a studio who has good track record, with Re:Life, Fruits Basket and especially Dr. Stone? I'm down for it.

Dec 18, 2019 8:36 AM by Raibyou

Nice! I’ve been reading this manga for a while now and always thought it would make a fun anime to watch. Can’t wait to see it!

Dec 17, 2019 8:30 PM by SakuraSkye2

Oh July it's still a long time I can't wait !!!

Dec 17, 2019 12:43 AM by Eyahhh

world class female character incoming...

Dec 16, 2019 11:56 PM by Stoorainclaire

Oh my God, I love this, I love this

Dec 16, 2019 11:46 PM by NG_Chloe

elior1 said:

Kuma said:

i know, i just adding my opinion on another girl. i don't mention ex name. she is definitely the worst.

is mami still psycho like that for lot of chapters or she change her way of behaving at some point?

i drop it at chapter 80's and no, she still didn't have explanation.

Dec 16, 2019 3:57 PM by Kuma

Kuma said:

elior1 said:

I talking about his ex mami she is psycho

i know, i just adding my opinion on another girl. i don't mention ex name. she is definitely the worst.

is mami still psycho like that for lot of chapters or she change her way of behaving at some point?

Dec 16, 2019 3:50 PM by elior1

elior1 said:

Kuma said:

chizuru is rude and borderline abusive. as well too much lies and denial and clearly exploit MC at times.
ruka is very intrusive and obsessive. already passing stalker line.
even most recent girl is like spoiled brat.

the only decent one is sumi, not because she is original or something, but she is just kuudere that less doing something bad and actually not give MC a problem.

I talking about his ex mami she is psycho

i know, i just adding my opinion on another girl. i don't mention ex name. she is definitely the worst.

Dec 16, 2019 3:34 PM by Kuma

Kuma said:

elior1 said:

the character I hate the most in this manga is his psycho ex